Monica Bedi tells us how chanting for her new spiritual album helped her become more centred.
The Shiv Sena on Monday alleged that the Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur was being tortured by the Mumbai police and that she had stopped partaking food for the last eight days.
A man was arrested on Saturday for his alleged involvement with the recent bomb blast in Malegaon and a forensic report said a mixture of RDX and ammonium nitrate was used in the explosion.Abdul Rehman Salem Chaus was held by the police also for his alleged involvement in violence after the explosion and for taking away the firearm belonging to the bodyguard of Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Patil.
Nandigram remained in headlines throughout the year despite the West Bengal government cancelling the SEZ project of Indonesia's Salem Group in January following violence and political pressure on Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
A 9-year-old girl accidentally killed an Arizona shooting instructor as he was showing her how to use an automatic Uzi, authorities said Tuesday.
A 23-year-old employee of scam-ravaged Satyam Computers allegedly committed suicide in Chennai, apparently fearing that he may lose his job, police said.
Rejecting allegations of conflict of interest against Sushil Kumar, the Sports Ministry on Thursday defended the star grappler's appointment as a national observer for wrestling.
Touched with Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu's gesture to donate Rs 30 lakh from his prize money to his school, Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Monday said that all athletes backed by the government should try to set up academies or centres of their own to inspire the youth. Mariyappan, who scripted history at Rio Paralympics after winning a gold medal in high jump, has donated Rs 30 lakh from his 2 crore prize money towards his government school in Tamil Nadu.
Three AIADMK functionaries were awarded the death sentence by a lower court in the Dharmapuri bus burning case in which three college girls were burnt to death in 2000.
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Sharma, who earlier reserved the order on September 3, rejected arguments made by prosecution, saying the prosecution failed to substantiate the charge of fraudulently preparing the passport in 2001
Pon Radhakrishnan is also a Union minister of state. His opponent is the richest candidate in Tamil Nadu.
Rediff.com takes a look at some instances of underworld dons and terrorists detained or arrested in a foreign country and deported or extradited back to India.
Alexis Sanchez shrugged off an ankle injury and continued his resurgent form at the Copa America. The Chile striker fired his side to a 2-1 victory over Ecuador on Friday which took the holders into the quarter-finals of the competition.
Of late, the state government had been receiving complaints that teachers were using abusive language against children and were torturing them physically.
The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kerala against the formation of Salem Railway Division by bifurcating Palakkad Division hit normal life in the state on Thursday.
Official sources said with the deaths of two-wheeler riders in accidents increasing to alarming levels, the state had decided to make helmet wearing compulsory.
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Ghajini film director AR Murugadoss was arrested in Chennai for alleged copyrights violations
In all, 31 persons were accused in the case. While one person had died during the course of the trial, two were acquitted.
Besides the 25, first additional sessions judge D Krishnaraja had awarded the death penalty to three persons responsible for the gruesome incident.
Leander Paes will kickstart his US Open campaign with Czech partner Radek Stepanek against Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Dmitry Tursunov of Russia.
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Energy Ltd on Thursday announced it has bagged three road projects valued at Rs 2,320 crore (Rs 23.2 billion) from National Highways Authority of India.
Underworld don Abu Salem's companion Monica Bedi was acquitted by a Bhopal court on Monday in a fake passport case.
Andy Roddick took out his frustrations on Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu on Sunday to seal a place for the United States in the Davis Cup semi-finals, where they will take on Spain. Russia and Argentina will contest the other semi-final in September after wrapping up their ties with a match to spare.
Low cost carrier Air Deccan will launch flights to seven new destinations soon.
At a function in Salem on Friday, Karunanidhi had stated that Lord Ram was an imaginary character.
Residents of a small town in the American state of Texas are seeking to block plans to build an Islamic cemetery over fears that it could be the part of a wider "Muslim takeover", the latest manifestation of anti-Islamic sentiment in the country.
Sanjay was convicted on November 28 last year under Arms Act for possessing an AK-56 rifle and 9mm Chinese make pistol, obtained from co-accused Abu Salem prior to the blasts.
The Supreme Court on Monday relaxed the bail conditions that she should surrender her passport to facilitate her release on bail.
Speaking to rediff.com, Bedi's counsel S Pradeep Kumar said she could not be released on Tuesday evening as the completion of formalities for her release were delayed.
The court directed that her passport issued by the Regional Passport Office, Mumbai, be cancelled and the Special Cental Bureau of Investigation judge in Hyderabad will consider the order while releasing her on bail.
The three AIADMK workers had been found guilty of murder in the February 2000 Dharmapuri bus burning case.
Jail Superintendent Prashant Somkunwar said there were no hidden cameras in the women's ward.
A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice R V Raveendran sought a response from the state government after the former Bollywood actress claimed that she would not get a fair trial in Bhopal.
The state government had announced relief of Rs 7 lakh to her family.
Wednesday's sentencing takes the total number of convicts sentenced in the case to 71 while 29 more are yet to be awarded punishment.
The agency pleaded that Qayoom and Bilakhiya were suspected to be hiding in a foreign country and urged the court to issue the warrants to apprehend them and bring them to India to face trial in the case.
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